Maldives
Maldives in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Maldives recorded GDP per capita: 14,615 (2025), ranking 90 of 212 worldwide; Population: 529,676 (2025), ranking 171 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 81.3 (2024), ranking 44 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 4.01% (2025), ranking 61 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+39951%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-98%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
It sits close to the world median across the measures below. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 10 of 19 comparable series are higher and 8 are lower.
Its population of 529,676 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 7,741,066,860.63 | 2025 | +39951.0% |
| GDP per capita | 14,614.72 | 2025 | +9217.1% |
| GDP growth | 6.31% | 2025 | +21.2% |
| Population | 529,676 | 2025 | +480.9% |
| Population growth | 0.35% | 2025 | -85.5% |
| Urban population | 42.51% | 2025 | +274.0% |
| Inflation | 4.01% | 2025 | -58.8% |
| Life expectancy | 81.29 | 2024 | +112.5% |
| Infant mortality | 4.7 | 2024 | -98.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 3.57 | 2024 | +4339.0% |
| GDP (PPP) | 15,124,842,334.66 | 2025 | +1386.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 28,554.89 | 2025 | +530.7% |
| Labor participation | 63.5% | 2025 | +28.2% |
| Unemployment | 4.51% | 2025 | +472.8% |
| Internet users | 85.24% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +19.3% |
| Forest area | 2.75% | 2023 | +0.7% |
| Health spending | 9.25% | 2023 | +19.6% |
| Education spending | 5.17% | 2023 | -10.8% |